Renewables share of heat consumption

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12%
forecast

Global · 2025

IEA projected renewables share of heat consumption worldwide at 12% in 2025.

Original source

Renewables share of heat consumption: every country and year, and how it is measured

Publisher
IEA
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
The demand shock hurts renewable heat consumption
Retrieved
16 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

Despite this rise, renewables are on course to represent only 12% of global heat consumption by 2025, as the overall market is expected to expand, driven by industrial activity.

International Energy Agency, Renewables 2020, The demand shock hurts renewable heat consumption

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APA

International Energy Agency. (2025). Renewables 2020. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2020. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_R0EYJVCKMN13KY5B2X94WZDC5T

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MLA
International Energy Agency. "Renewables 2020." 2025, https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2020. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_R0EYJVCKMN13KY5B2X94WZDC5T.
Chicago
International Energy Agency. "Renewables 2020." 2025. https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2020. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_R0EYJVCKMN13KY5B2X94WZDC5T.
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@misc{iea2025renewableswzdc5t, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Renewables 2020}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_R0EYJVCKMN13KY5B2X94WZDC5T}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/reports/renewables-2020. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }

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Primary source

Publisher
International Energy Agency · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
Renewables 2020
Type
Report
Published
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Locator
The demand shock hurts renewable heat consumption
Retrieved
16 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
CC by 4.0

Verification

Status
Verified
Review protocol
Editorial review
Checked on
17 September 2026
Last revision
17 September 2026
Permanent URL
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